Prof. Dr. Jan G. Hengstler
Head of Department
- since 03/2007Head of the research group "Systemtoxicology", Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund
- 03/2006 – 02/2007Provisional head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Toxicology, University of Leipzig
- 04/2003 - 02/2007Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Leipzig
- 11/1990 - 03/2003Research scientist at the Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz (Director of Institute: Prof. Dr. Franz Oesch)
- 11/1998“Habilitation“ (German university lecturing qualification) in Pharmacology and Toxicology
- 06/1997Physician specialized in Pharmacology and Toxicology (Ph.D. equivalent according to World Education Services, New York, NY)
- 08/1992License to practice medicine
- 12/1991Thesis (MD): DNA damage in patients treated with alkylating agents
- 10/1984 – 10/1990Study of Medicine, University of Mainz, Germany
- Liver physiology
- Liver pathology
- Imaging of the functions of the liver
Here you will find the Key publications from 2010 onwards. For all other publications of our scientific staff, please look at the links to other databases such as Pubmed.
Schneider KM, Candels LS, Hov JR, Myllys M, Hassan R, Schneider CV, Wahlström A, Mohs A, Zühlke S, Liao L, Elfers C, Kilic K, Henricsson M, Molinaro A, Hatting M, Zaza A, Drasdo D, Frissen M, Devlin AS, Gálvez EJC, Strowig T, Karlsen TH, Hengstler JG, Marschall HU, Ghallab A, Trautwein C:
Gut microbiota depletion exacerbates cholestatic liver injury via loss of FXR signalling. Nat Metab 3 (9):1228-1241 (2021)
Remetic J, Ghallab A, Hobloss Z, Brackhagen L, Hassan R, Myllys M, Radun R, Mlitz V, Zhu C, Baumgartner M, Schrottmaier WC, Mussbacher M, Timelthaler G, Scharnagl H, Stojakovic T, Assinger A, Fuchs CD, Hengstler JG, Trauner M:
Loss of bile salt export pump aggravates lipopolysaccharide-induced liver injury in mice due to impaired hepatic endotoxin clearance. Hepatology 75: 1095-1109 (2022)
Nell P, Kattler K, Feuerborn D, Hellwig B, Rieck A, Salhab A, Lepikhov K, Gasparoni G, Thomitzek A, Belgasmi K, Blüthgen N, Morkel M, Küppers-Munther B, Godoy P, Hay DC, Cadenas C, Marchan R, Vartak N, Edlund K, Rahnenführer J, Walter J, Hengstler JG:
Identification of an FXR-modulated liver-intestine hybrid state in iPSC-derived hepatocyte-like cells. J Hepatol 77: 1386-1398 (2022)
Mohs A, Otto T, Schneider KM, Peltzer M, Boekschoten M, Holland CH, Hudert CA, Kalveram L, Wiegand S, Saez-Rodriguez J, Longerich T, Hengstler JG, Trautwein C:
Hepatocyte-specific NRF2 activation controls fibrogenesis and carcinogenesis in steatohepatitis. J Hepatol 74: 638-648 (2021)
Gui W, Hole MJ, Molinaro A, Edlund K, Jørgensen KK, Su H, Begher-Tibbe B, Gaßler N, Schneider CV, Muthukumarasamy U, Mohs A, Liao L, Jaeger J, Mertens CJ, Bergheim I, Strowig T, Hengstler JG, Hov JR, Marschall HU, Trautwein C, Schneider KM:
Colitis ameliorates cholestatic liver disease via suppression of bile acid synthesis. Nat Commun 14 (1): 3304 (2023) (17 pp)
Edlund K, Madjar K, Lebrecht A, Aktas B, Pilch H, Hoffmann G, Hofmann M, Kolberg HC, Boehm D, Battista MJ, Seehase M, Stewen K, Gebhard S, Cadenas C, Marchan R, Brenner W, Hasenburg A, Koelbl H, Solbach C, Gehrmann M, Tanner B, Weber K, Loibl S, Sachinidis A, Rahnenführer J, Schmidt M, Hengstler JG:
Gene expression-based prediction of neoadjuvant chemotherapy response in early breast cancer: results of the prospective multicenter EXPRESSION trial. Clin Cancer Res 27: 2148-2158 (2021)
Bloch D, Diel P, Epe B, Hellwig M, Lampen A, Mally A, Marko D, Villar Fernández MA, Guth S, Roth A, Marchan R, Ghallab A, Cadenas C, Nell P, Vartak N, van Thriel C, Luch A, Schmeisser S, Herzler M, Landsiedel R, Leist M, Marx-Stoelting P, Tralau T, Hengstler JG:
Basic concepts of mixture toxicity and relevance for risk evaluation and regulation. Arch Toxicol 97: 3005-3017 (2023)
Albrecht W, Kappenberg F, Brecklinghaus T, Stoeber R, Marchan R, Zhang M, Ebbert K, Kirschner H, Grinberg M, Leist M, Moritz W, Cadenas C, Ghallab A, Reinders J, Vartak N, van Thriel C, Golka K, Tolosa L, Castell JV, Damm G, Seehofer D, Lampen A, Braeuning A, Buhrke T, Behr AC, Oberemm A, Gu X, Kittana N, van de Water B, Kreiling R, Fayyaz S, van Aerts L, Smedsrød B, Ellinger-Ziegelbauer H, Steger-Hartmann T, Gundert-Remy U, Zeigerer A, Ullrich A, Runge D, Lee SML, Schiergens TS, Kuepfer L, Aguayo-Orozco A, Sachinidis A, Edlund K, Gardner I, Rahnenführer J, Hengstler JG:
Prediction of human drug-induced liver injury (DILI) in relation to oral doses and blood concentrations. Arch Toxicol 93: 1609-1637 (2019)
Vartak N, Drasdo D, Geisler F, Itoh T, Oude Elferink RPJ, van de Graaf SFJ, Chiang J, Keitel V, Trauner M, Jansen P, Hengstler JG:
On the mechanisms of biliary flux. Hepatology 74: 3497-3512 (2021)
Marchan R, Büttner B, Lambert J, Edlund K, Glaeser I, Blaszkewicz M, Leonhardt G, Marienhoff L, Kaszta D, Anft M, Watzl C, Madjar K, Grinberg M, Rempel E, Hergenröder R, Selinski S, Rahnenführer J, Lesjak MS, Stewart JD, Cadenas C, Hengstler JG:
Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 1 promotes tumor cell migration and poor survival in ovarian carcinoma. Cancer Res 77: 4589-4601 (2017)
Jansen PL, Ghallab A, Vartak N, Reif R, Schaap FG, Hampe J, Hengstler JG:
The ascending pathophysiology of cholestatic liver disease. Hepatology 65: 722-738 (2017)
Guth S, Hüser S, Roth A, Degen G, Diel P, Edlund K, Eisenbrand G, Engel K-H, Epe B, Grune T, Heinz V, Henle T, Humpf H-U, Jäger H, Joost H-G, Kulling SE, Lampen A, Mally A, Marchan R, Marko D, Mühle E, Nitsche MA, Röhrdanz E, Stadler R, van Thriel C, Vieths S, Vogel RF, Wascher E, Watzl C, Nöthlings U, Hengstler JG:
Toxicity of fluoride: critical evaluation of evidence for human developmental neurotoxicity in epidemiological studies, animal experiments and in vitro analyses. Arch Toxicol 94: 1375-1415 (2020)
Ghallab A, Hofmann U, Sezgin S, Vartak N, Hassan R, Zaza A, Godoy P, Schneider KM, Guenther G, Ahmed YA, Abbas AA, Keitel V, Kuepfer L, Dooley S, Lammert F, Trautwein C, Spiteller M, Drasdo D, Hofmann AF, Jansen PLM, Hengstler JG, Reif R:
Bile microinfarcts in cholestasis are initiated by rupture of the apical hepatocyte membrane and cause shunting of bile to sinusoidal blood. Hepatology 69: 666-683 (2019)
Here you will find the Publications from 2010 onwards. For all other publications of our scientific staff, please look at the links to other databases such as Pubmed.
Leist M, Ghallab A, Graepel R, Marchan R, Hassan R, Bennekou SH, Limonciel A, Vinken M, Schildknecht S, Waldmann T, Danen E, van Ravenzwaay B, Kamp H, Gardner I, Godoy P, Bois FY, Braeuning A, Reif R, Oesch F, Drasdo D, Höhme S, Schwarz M, Hartung T, Braunbeck T, Beltman J, Vrieling H, Sanz F, Forsby A, Gadaleta D, Fisher C, Kelm J, Fluri D, Ecker G, Zdrazil B, Terron A, Jennings P, van der Burg B, Dooley S, Meijer AH, Willighagen E, Martens M, Evelo C, Mombelli E, Taboureau O, Mantovani A, Hardy B, Koch B, Escher S, van Thriel C, Cadenas C, Kroese D, van de Water B, Hengstler JG:
Adverse outcome pathways: opportunities, limitations and open questions. Arch Toxicol 91: 3477-3505 (2017)
Jabs V, Edlund K, König H, Grinberg M, Madjar K, Rahnenführer J, Ekman S, Bergkvist M, Holmberg L, Ickstadt K, Botling J, Hengstler JG, Micke P:
Integrative analysis of genome-wide gene copy number changes and gene expression in non-small cell lung cancer. PLoS One 12(11): e0187246 (2017) (23 pp)
Hammad S, Braeuning A, Meyer C, Mohamed FEZA, Hengstler JG, Dooley S:
A frequent misinterpretation in current research on liver fibrosis: the vessel in the center of CCl4-induced pseudolobules is a portal vein. Arch Toxicol 91: 3689-3692 (2017)
Vinken M, Knapen D, Vergauwen L, Hengstler JG, Angrish M, Whelan M:
Adverse outcome pathways: a concise introduction for toxicologists. Arch Toxicol 91: 3697-3707 (2017)
Engel J, Smith S, Lategahn J, Tumbrink HL, Goebel L, Becker C, Hennes E, Keul M, Unger A, Müller H, Baumann M, Schultz-Fademrecht C, Günther G, Hengstler JG, Rauh D:
Structure-guided development of covalent and mutant-selective pyrazolopyrimidines to target T790M drug resistance in epidermal growth factor receptor. J Med Chem 60: 7725-7744 (2017)
Selinski S, Blaszkewicz M, Ickstadt K, Gerullis H, Otto T, Roth E, Volkert F, Ovsiannikov D, Moormann O, Banfi G, Nyirady P, Vermeulen SH, Garcia-Closas M, Figueroa JD, Johnson A, Karagas MR, Kogevinas M, Malats N, Schwenn M, Silverman DT, Koutros S, Rothman N, Kiemeney LA, Hengstler JG, Golka K:
Identification and replication of the interplay of four genetic high-risk variants for urinary bladder cancer. Carcinogenesis 38: 1167-1179 (2017)
Schenk A, Ghallab A, Hofmann U, Hassan R, Schwarz M, Schuppert A, Schwen LO, Braeuning A, Teutonico D, Hengstler JG, Kuepfer L:
Physiologically-based modelling in mice suggests an aggravated loss of clearance capacity after toxic liver damage. Sci Rep 7(1): 6224 (2017) (13 pp)
Hengstler JG:
Intravitale Bildgebung basierend auf Zwei-Photonen Mikroskopie. In: Dreßler J, Maatz R, Daldrup T (Hrsg.): Toxikologie und Umfeld. Beiträge zum Symposium des Instituts für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Leipzig, 28. Sept. 2016, Forschungszentrum des Universitätsklinikums (S 160-163). Leipzig: MOLINApress, 2017
Hengstler JG:
Leber. In: Greim H (Hrsg.): Das Toxikologiebuch. Grundlagen, Verfahren, Bewertung (S 251-274). Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2017
Golka K, Ovsiannikov D, Blaszkewicz M, Moormann O, Haenel MW, Hengstler JG, Selinski S:
Urinary bladder cancer in a former area of underground hard coal mining. In: Ibaraki M, Mori H (eds.): Progress in medical geology (pp 214-228). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017